Air Force cadets
Air Force cadetsIDF spokesperson

On Wednesday, December 26th, 2018, a graduation ceremony will be held at Hatzerim Air Force Base, during which the graduates of the 177th IAF Flight Course will receive their Pilot’s Wings.

The ceremony will mark 70 years since Operation "Horev" and will be led by the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot and the Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin.

Amongst the graduates is Lieutenant Y., the first member of the Ethiopian Jewish community to graduate the course. He will serve as a combat navigator in the IAF.

צפו: הבוגרים מתכוננים למסדר כנפייםדובר צה"ל